IP Library Granted Patent US 11,126,479
Granted Patent B2
US 11,126,479 · App. 16/460,290 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

Disturbance setting adjustment

Inventors: Arnold S. Weksler (Raleigh, NC); John Carl Mese (Cary, NC); Mark Patrick Delaney (Raleigh, NC); Nathan J. Peterson (Oxford, NC); Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F9/542
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,126,479
App. No.
16/460,290
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, on an information handling device, an active application; adjusting, using a processor and without additional user input, a disturbance setting based on the active application; and reacting to incoming notifications based on the adjusted disturbance setting. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (34)

1. A method, comprising:

identifying, on an information handling device, that a video is playing in an active application;

determining, using a processor, whether a conclusion to the video has begun;

increasing, responsive to determining that the conclusion to the video has begun, a disturbance setting; and

automatically reacting to an incoming notification based on the increased disturbance setting, wherein the automatically reacting comprises transmitting a predetermined response to a sender of the incoming notification without interrupting the conclusion to the video.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the active application is running on the information handling device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the disturbance setting comprises adjusting the disturbance setting for the information handling device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the disturbance setting comprises providing, to at least one other device, an instruction to adjust the disturbance setting on the at least one other device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the disturbance setting responsive to identifying that a predetermined event has occurred in the active application.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the predetermined event is an inactivity event.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the predetermined event is an application closing event.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reacting comprises ignoring all of the incoming notifications.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reacting comprises providing a notification that an approved incoming notification from the incoming notifications has been received.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the approved incoming communication corresponds to at least one of: an incoming communication from an approved source, an incoming communication of an approved type, and an incoming communication from an approved application.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

identify that a video is playing in an active application;

determine whether a conclusion to the video has begun;

increase, responsive to determining that the conclusion to the video has begun, a disturbance setting; and

automatically react to an incoming notification based on the increased disturbance setting, wherein the automatically reacting comprises transmitting a predetermined response to a sender of the incoming notification without interrupting the conclusion to the video.

12. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the active application is running on the information handling device.

13. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to adjust the disturbance setting comprise instructions executable by the processor to adjust the disturbance setting for the information handling device.

14. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to adjust the disturbance setting comprise instructions executable by the processor to provide, to at least one other device, an instruction to adjust the disturbance setting on the at least one other device.

15. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to adjust comprise instructions executable by the processor to adjust the disturbance setting responsive to identifying that a predetermined event has occurred in the active application.

16. The information handling device of claim 15 , wherein the predetermined event is an inactivity event.

17. The information handling device of claim 15 , wherein the predetermined event is an application closing event.

18. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to react comprise instructions executable by the processor to ignore all of the incoming notifications.

19. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to react comprise instructions executable by the processor to provide a notification that an approved incoming notification from the incoming notifications has been received.

20. A product, comprising:

a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:

the code that identifies that a video is playing in an active application; code that determines whether a conclusion to the video has begun;

the code that increases, responsive to determining that the conclusion to the video has begun, a disturbance setting; and

code that automatically reacts to an incoming notification based on the increased disturbance setting, wherein the automatically reacting comprises transmitting a predetermined response to a sender of the incoming notification without interrupting the conclusion to the video.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2022
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060638/0044 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2019
From: WEKSLER, ARNOLD S.; MESE, JOHN CARL; DELANEY, MARK PATRICK; PETERSON, NATHAN J.; VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 049655/0544 →